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The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has decided to extend See U, the temporary occupation programme for Usquare.brussels, the conversion project at the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles, until March 2022. With the start of the first renovation work on the site drawing near, See U’s...

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has invited local residents, temporary occupants and students to participate in the design phase of the redevelopment of 18,000 m2 of public spaces on the site of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks at the corner of Boulevard Général Jacques and Avenue de la...

The Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region, Rudi Vervoort, and the rectors of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Annemie Schaus, and of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Caroline Pauwels, held a meeting yesterday to move forward Usquare.brussels, the project for the conversion of the former...

For more than 10 years now, the Visit.brussels Awards have honoured projects that have enhanced the prestige of Brussels, both nationally and internationally. In each of the competition’s nine categories, different initiatives which are helping to improve the quality of the reception accorded to...

On 19 November 2020, the Brussels Government approved, at the third hearing, the Urban Development Masterplan (PAD) for the former barracks at Ixelles. Steered by perspective.brussels, this is also the first PAD to be implemented. This stage concludes the procedure for drafting the plan to convert...

The Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) – acting on behalf of the two universities involved in the Usquare.brussels project, ULB and VUB – and the Urban Development Corporation ( SAU) have published a European public procurement notice with a view to appointing the general contractor responsible for...

Usquare.brussels, the conversion programme for the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles, has just taken an important step forwards: the Brussels-Capital Region has issued planning permission for the first two projects for the renovation and repurposing of iconic buildings on the site. The...

Two Brussels initiatives (Usquare.brussels, the conversion programme for the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles, and the planning of the Canal Area) are among the ‘best practices’ included on the #EUGreenDeal map. This evolving map is an initiative of the European Committee of the Regions...

Usquare.brussels, the programme for the conversion of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles, has entered a new operational development phase with the launch by the Housing Corporation of the Brussels-Capital Region (SLRB-BGHM) of a competitive tender relating to a design and works...